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Only two prime time dramas and a couple of late-night dramas were left from the winter season.
Monday drama 'Biblia Koshodo no Jiken Techo' (Fuji TV) recorded an underwhelming finale with a poor rating of 8.1%, which meant a drop of 3.0% compared to the previous week. The sharp drop was caused by multiple va

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The end of March means the end of the winter drama season.
After the weekend's great finale of 'Tonbi' (TBS) and the first episode rating higher than 20% this year, 'Aibou season11' (TV Asahi) followed suit with its own 2-hour finale episode on Wednesday. The popular crime drama's 19th and finale episode of the season rec

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A handful of dramas have already aired their final episodes this week.
'Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de' (NHK) ended without any surprises regarding its viewer ratings, but after all, it had to go against the baseball live broadcast on Tuesday. 'Shotenin Michiru no Minoue Banashi' (NHK) was at least able to achieve a new personal r

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The biggest improvements in terms of season-average were recorded by 'Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de' (NHK) and 'Shotenin Michiru no Minoue Banashi' (NHK) again, although they both lost a tiny share compared to the previous week. 'Share House no Koibito' (NTV), 'Otome-san' (TV Asahi), and 'Kasouken no Onna Season 12' (TV Asahi) also polishe

It's been revealed that Golden Bomber's Kyan Yutaka will be making a guest appearance on the 9th episode of Fuji TV's 'Getsu 9' drama, 'Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou' (airs March 11).
Kyan, who will be making his first appearance in a drama as a bookstore salesclerk, had mistakenly thought that he would be playing the lead role. "When I played the role, it turned out that it wasn't the lead, but I had fun playing the part of bookstore sa

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Plenty of improvement was recorded during the first half of this week. The biggest winners in terms of season-average ratings are once again the two NHK dramas 'Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de' (NHK) and 'Shotenin Michiru no Minoue Banashi' (NHK), which both recorded their highest ratings of the season. Other dramas that

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A couple of dramas improved their season-average over the last four days. The biggest improvement was recorded by 'Share House no Koibito' (NTV), which suddenly shot up into the range of its premiere episode with a decent double-digit rating of 11.2% this week. 'Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de' (NHK), 'Shotenin Mic

On February 16th, Oricon BiZ published the results of their recent survey that asked 500 men and women about their drama viewing experience among the current winter season shows. NHK drama 'Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de' came out on top with a very high satisfaction rate of 67.5%, though it only ranked on 11th place in Oricon's survey about the most anticipated dramas prior to the start of the winter season.
Those polled asked viewers to

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Three dramas were able to improve their average ratings over the last four days - 'dinner' (Fuji TV), 'Hancho 6' (TBS), and 'Nobunaga no Chef' (TV Asahi).
The other dramas had difficulties finding their audience on the extended weekend with a public holiday on Monday. Especially with Fuji TV's 'Four Continents Figure Skating

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There were only a few dramas that managed to improve their average ratings during the last seven days. Among them was 'Aibou season11' (TV Asahi) which recorded a great return after a one-week break. 'Yakou Kanransha' (TBS), 'Nobunaga no Chef' (TV Asahi), and 'Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de' (NHK) also improved their average ratings with e